Project Manager Vs. Product Manager (And Other Jobs). Blog. ActiveCollab

Requirements Documents are used to accurately and unambiguously convey the needs of a business. A project manager should really come in after a high level solution is defined and its time to make sure it gets implemented. Any changes to the requirements while the project is in progress are disruptive and relatively expensive, and might not be worthwhile even if considered desirable by the business.

Then the Product Manager may guide a PoC (working with the BA) or an early MVP to prove out the need or adjust the solution (or cancel the project). Project managers and business analysts are most effective when they are neutral facilitators, not owners. This will inevitably lead to enterprises who have digital initiatives to need to organize as software companies and to replace project managers and business analysts with product managers.

Indeed in some cases we are project managers, or change managers. All roles at the project level need to adopt the facilitative, empowering leadership style which allows Agile teams to learn as they go and reflect, adapt and enhance process. The roles in theory are complementary but mutually exclusive, and most of the time in practical projects they will overlap.

Leading a BA effort on a project could involve planning the business analysis effort , determining how requirements will be managed, and reviewing deliverables created by all the BAs on the team for quality and consistency. With a deep understanding of the Ntdefinedbyendo key differences between the two project roles, you can imagine yourself how much these two roles are similar or even remotely the same.

Product managers often work in product companies and have a more strategic role, while product owners often work in Scrum consultancies and they represent the client in front of the development team. Project Manager : Responsible for Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling & Closing of the project.